![FILE - In this April 2, 2012 file photo, Kentucky head coach John Calipari, center, celebrates with his team after the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game against Kansas , in New Orleans. Kentucky and its roster full of high school All-Americas is the narrow choice over Michigan State in The Associated Press' preseason college basketball poll, released Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)](http://l.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/2MIE4wk3f1vZ1O9Xn46.7g--/YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVvO2NoPTI0NTM7Y3I9MTtjdz0yNDUzO2R4PTE3NTtkeT0xO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTEzMDtxPTEwMDt3PTEzMA--/http%3A//media.zenfs.com/en_us/Sports/ap/201310311212439405582)
Every time Kentucky coach John Calipari starts to praise his latest crop of talented freshmen, he's just as quick to point out that it is a work in progress. Kentucky - with a collection of high school All-Americans - was ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason Top 25, a significant step considering the Wildcats finished 21-12 last season and were upset by Robert Morris in the first round of the NIT. It's Kentucky's third preseason No. 1 and first since 1995-96 when the Wildcats won the national championship. Kentucky was ranked for just one week in the final 16 polls of last season but Calipari enters this season with a roster featuring two returnees - Alex Poythress and Willie Cauley-Stein - and six freshmen who were selected McDonalds All-Americans last season.
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